JONES v. MISSISSIPPI

No. 18-1259.

141 S.Ct. 1307 (2021)

Brett JONES, Petitioner v. MISSISSIPPI.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided April 22, 2021.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David M. Shapiro , Chicago, IL, for the petitioner.

Deputy Solicitor General Krissy C. Nobile , for the respondent.

Frederick Liu for the United States, as amicus curiae, by special leave of the Court, supporting the respondent.

Jacob Howard , Roderick & Solange Macarthur Justice Center, Jackson, MS, Jeffrey T. Green , David A. Goldenberg , Sidley Austin LLP, Washington, DC, David M. Shapiro , Counsel of Record, Roderick & Solange Macarthur Justice Center, Northwestern Pritzker , School of Law, Chicago, IL, Amir. H. Ali , Eliza McDuffie , Devi Rao , Roderick & Solange Macarthur Justice Center, Washington, DC, Marlow Svatek , Andrew F. Rodheim , Sidley Austin LLP, Chicago, IL, for petitioner.

Lynn Fitch , Attorney General of Mississippi, Kristi H. Johnson , Solicitor General, Krissy C. Nobile , Counsel of Record, Deputy Solicitor General, Justin L. Matheny , Assistant Solicitor General, Scott Stuart , Special Assistant Attorney General, State of Mississippi, Office of the Attorney General, Jackson, MS, for the State of Mississippi.


Under Miller v. Alabama, 567 U.S. 460, 132 S.Ct. 2455, 183 L.Ed.2d 407 (2012), an individual who commits a homicide when he or she is under 18 may be sentenced to life without parole, but only if the sentence is not mandatory and the sentencer therefore...

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